Practice Name:

Planking Enhances Branching

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop
Crop Family
Scientific Name
Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	The process of planking after performing deep interculturing in castor.
Details of Innovation	Before receiving the last rainfall, farmers perform deep interculture in the castor fields. Thereafter, they do planking with the help of bullocks on the standing crop of castor. According to the farmers, this practice enhances the branching in the castor which finally increases the yield.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Prithvisinh Nathusinh Rathod
District	Bharuch
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Po-Chaswad, Tq.: Valiya, Distt. Bharuch-393130
Address	Vill:Soja Tal:Vijapura
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	392001

PAS_1	"Adding organic material to the soil, crop rotation, physical barriers, encouraging predators, plant parts and plant extracts can be used effectively for the control of this insect." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268153608_Farmer_Friendly_Ways_to_Control_Termites#fullTextFileContent")
PAS_2	"Using organic pest control methods can free the crops from the harmful effects of the chemical pesticides." http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_protection/crop_prot_crop_insectpest%20_sugarcane_9.html
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central (Malva ) Highlands, Gujarat Plains and Kathiawar, Peninsula Ecoregion (5.2), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Gujarat Zone (GJ-2)
Other Community Practices	"Pest Management Strategies in Traditional Agriculture: An African Perspective" https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.ento.45.1.631#_i11
Practice ID	KNW0020000000367
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/135
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	392001